Money & Jobs
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General Motors reaches tentative agreement with UAW, potentially ending 6-week strike
General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a six-week-old strike against Detroit automakers, a person briefed on the deal said Monday.
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Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs
As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford’s Wayne Assembly plant, she wasn’t just carrying a sign demanding higher pay and other changes. She also carried a legacy of car factory jobs and union wages that allowed generations of her family to enjoy middle-class lifestyles and that for years had been unattainable for many…
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UAW reaches tentative deal with Ford, autoworkers to get huge raises
Workers will get a 25% increase to base wages, plus cost of living raises that will raise the top hourly wage by over 30% to more than $40 per hour for top-scale assembly plant workers by the end of the contract. The starting hourly wage will grow to more than $28.
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A day after striking in Sterling Heights, UAW expands to Arlington GM site
BY KEN COLEMAN, MICHIGAN ADVANCE As an escalating workers’ strike heads toward its sixth week, about 5,000 union members at General Motors’ Arlington Assembly in Texas on Tuesday joined the United Auto Workers (UAW) walkout against the Detroit Three. The UAW described the action as an effort against “General Motors’ largest plant and biggest moneymaker.”…
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Autoworkers shut down big profit center with strike at Stellantis plant
The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against big Detroit automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis.
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UAW head says union has ‘cards left to play’ as contract negotiations continue
As the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against the Detroit Three automakers stretches into its fifth week, President Shawn Fain said Friday afternoon that the union “has cards left to play” in negotiations.
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Detroit is ‘epicenter of this fight,’ labor leader Shuler tells Motor City-area striking workers
Rain did not stop hundreds of striking workers from taking to the streets of downtown Detroit on Thursday during what they called a March for Workers’ Rights and Economic Justice.
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Biden’s hydrogen hub to bring thousands of new clean energy jobs to Michigan
Up to $1 billion in federal funding has been awarded in Michigan to help develop regional supply chains for hydrogen-powered trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles. MICHIGAN—Federal funding awarded to Michigan this month will create a new “hydrogen hub” to help accelerate the development of hydrogen-powered trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles as President Joe Biden’s administration…
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Biden moves to ban all junk fees and hidden charges for Michiganders
“[These] charges are taking real money out of the pockets of American families. These junk fees can add up to hundreds of dollars, weighing down family budgets, making it harder to pay family bills,” President Biden said on Wednesday.
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Millions More Workers Would Get Overtime Pay Under New Biden Plan
The proposed regulation would require employers to pay overtime to their salaried workers who are in executive, administrative, and professional roles, and make less than $1,059 a week, or $55,068 a year for full-time employees.
